Chained Angel (Deidara Story) Chapter 1

Deidara was hoping the mission would be interesting.

Lately he’d been getting missions that were just walking around, hitting someone here, dodging around someone there, and generally doing nothing at all. He wasn’t asking for a major war-ending mission in which he’d have to do everything, but, you know, just something that had some fighting in it. Or at least somewhere that would allow him to experiment with his bombs. And as he thought about it, it actually seemed like a good basis for a mission. He’d do any amount of theory work to do with what they were searching for, as long as he got a place—and permission—to experiment with bombs.

But the result wasn’t exactly what he’d been hoping for.

“It’s a rune, but in a solid form. Most likely a necklace, bracelet, ring...that sort of thing. It’s your job to find and get it, and then bring it back here. It’s unknown how it truly works, but the powers are unlimited. Hence the fact we want it,” Leader began, and Deidara was instantly suspicious, but waited to see if there was something in the mission that would salvage his sanity, and he remained hopeful.

Until Leader continued,

“The exact location is unknown, but it is generally accepted that it is in the area I’ll tell you about in a minute. As the rune is surrounded by mystery, I doubt there’ll be much competition for it, but I can’t guarantee—”

Now Deidara couldn’t hold it in any longer, and let out a groan which stopped Leader in his tracks. Sasori immediately rolled his eyes, knowing exactly what was coming, and Leader raised a half surprised and half irritated eyebrow at what he was about to say, hiding a sigh a few moments later as Deidara blurted out,

“Leader-sama, can’t we have something more...exciting? Something where we can actually use our ninja abilities instead of walking all over, sitting around for nothing, then grabbing some rune and coming back. Because that is what we’ll be doing the entire mission, yeah.”

“Deidara-san, I know it is unusual, and with less fighting than normal, but not all missions are going to be like this, and we need this rune. You’ll be doing a lot of work. For all I know there could be a ton of people trying to search for it, but I can’t be certain. But you do need to be on your guard.” Leader then explained, causing Deidara to sigh, cross his arms in irritation and blow his bangs away from his mouth with a scowl.

Sasori was now no longer looking forward to the mission either, and commented wryly,

“If it’s not to do with blowing something up, he’s not interested.”

Exclaiming in protest, Deidara was quietened quickly, and told to leave straight away. Leader gave them a definite direction, and then an 87% sure area to find the rune. It didn’t do anything to lighten Deidara’s mood. He had said before that it was going to be so boring, and that they’d sit around for days, eventually find it, and then take it back. No fighting, no excitement at all. Just boredom and time passing slowly. He would have taken any other mission, but of course Leader wouldn’t let him. Maybe if Sasori had protested, it might have worked, but, of course, Sasori didn’t care what the mission was in the slightest.

So Deidara was stuck with the mission without any say in the matter.

And he didn’t even get any time to steel himself for it, as Sasori appeared a second after he grabbed necessities, and dragged him out of the hideout, Deidara eventually managing to pull himself out of his grip and glare over at him. Sasori merely ignored that fact, and pushed him once more, causing him to start walking, albeit reluctantly. So Deidara just kind of had to resign himself to going on the mission, accepting the fact it was going to be shit, and that there was nothing he could do to change it. Unfortunately.

Getting there would take a while, though it wasn’t particularly far from the hideout. A fact that Deidara had tried to protest to, stating they could just stay in the hideout and travel back and forth. Which was something also denied. So Deidara stayed in his own thoughts, complaining after every few moments, Sasori dismissing him for the most part, but having to snap at him after a while at how annoying he was becoming. With how he was acting, he was hoping the mission would be over as soon as possible as well. It was going to be tougher than usual to put up with him with everything going on. Especially as it began to rain heavily the closer they got.

But it all changed when they reached the area. The sun had set by then, and they had continued into a town a few minutes later in complete darkness. But Deidara’s complains fell into silence the moment they arrived, something else preoccupying his mind. What it was, Sasori didn’t know. But he was just glad that there was no more whining from him. Deidara hadn’t even noticed he was glad of the change. He was too busy focusing on something else.

Things felt different. As if he could feel something in the air. Something crackling on his skin, feeling like static electricity, but acting like it was chakra. Like something was affecting him. He didn’t know what it was, why it was affecting him, and clearly not Sasori, but it didn’t feel bad. Just...unusual. Not quite right in some way. And it was added to as they noticed people watching them from doorways with mistrusting eyes, closing the doors as they got closer, and Deidara was beginning to think they’d be sleeping in the forest at this rate.

But looking up, he spotted a roof—well, a part of it—ahead of them, higher up on a hill, and though he narrowed his eyes as the strange sensation he had received upon arriving at the area increasing as he looked at the building, he still turned to Sasori and asked,

“Hey, Sasori-danna. The people down here aren’t gonna let us stay in their houses. But that house up there is empty, from the look of it. Let’s stay in that, un.”

At first Sasori was a little suspicious, ever more so because of how hidden the house was, and how strongly Deidara was pushing the idea of staying there. They could just force someone to allow them to stay in the town, but for some reason, Deidara was set on staying in the other house, and as such, after much persistent whining, Sasori gave in and allowed him to go. So they went on, heading up the hill, widening their eyes as they finally saw the building in front of them.

It couldn’t be called a house; it was a mansion. It was huge, with ivy creeping all along the walls. The closer they got to the building, the bigger the front doors became, until they were triple the size of a six-foot man (Or someone like Kisame). Ornate designs snaked their way up the doors, giving them a regal look, and neither of them could help but feel dwarfed by their size, pausing as they stood there to wonder about what was situated behind them, the place almost undulating with a numinous feeling. Even Sasori felt a little nervous about entering, but realising what he was doing, he shook it off, turning to the doors and moving forward, pushing them open with a grunt. Deidara stayed where he was, the same sensation coming back much stronger now, feeling that the house was somehow going to have a great impact on the next few days.

How, he didn’t know. Maybe it was to do with the rune, maybe it was to do with something else entirely. All he knew was that something was in store inside the building, and grinning at his excited nerves and curiosity, he followed Sasori through the doors, helping him push the other door open. If the size of them wasn’t enough to reveal how big they were, the weight of them surely was.

But slowly they creaked open, ending with a bang that sent out a dust cloud into the air, only adding to the mysteriousness of the building.

And now without a doubt Deidara knew it was important.